PRIDE PARADE

Marta Garcia, for the Chicago Tribune

Former State of Illinois comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch waves to the crowd as she rides on a float in the 2009 Gay Pride Parade. Netsch, the first woman to run for the state gubernatorial seat in 1994, was inducted as a member of the Chicago/Gay Lesbian Hall of fame in 1995.

Former State of Illinois comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch waves to the crowd as she rides on a float in the 2009 Gay Pride Parade. Netsch, the first woman to run for the state gubernatorial seat in 1994, was inducted as a member of the Chicago/Gay Lesbian Hall of fame in 1995. (Marta Garcia, for the Chicago Tribune)

Former State of Illinois comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch waves to the crowd as she rides on a float in the 2009 Gay Pride Parade. Netsch, the first woman to run for the state gubernatorial seat in 1994, was inducted as a member of the Chicago/Gay Lesbian Hall of fame in 1995.